English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Puttenden Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lingfield

Historical Forms

  • Pudindene t.Hy2 AddCh 1198 FF 1200 Cur 1210–12 RBE
  • Pudindenne 1255 Ass 1272–86 Ipm
  • Putenden(e) 1164 P 1229,1239 FF
  • Putendenne 1308 Ipm
  • Putindenne 1198 Abbr
  • Putyndenne 1308 Ipm
  • Pudendena 1167,1169 P
  • Pudingeden 1205 Cur
  • Pudingden 1282 FF
  • Poddingeden 1295 SRSxxi
  • Potyngden 1492 Ipm
  • Potinden' 1259 Ass
  • Podindene 1272–86 Ipm
  • Podyndenn(e) 1279 FF 1294 Ass

Etymology

Probably 'Puda 's swine pasture,' v. denn (with connective ing ), though there has been confusion with other OE  personal names such as Putta and Podda .